Sylvania

Sylvania Silverstar

[2/15/2006] Reviewed by: Dave Lasee

Applicable to: '99 + 1.8 liter

This is a H-3 Bulb or a 9003

Bulb looks great ......whit the projector beam lenses on the 2002+ it looks just like HID lights. But the tragic flaw is that they only lasted 6 months (very little night time driving). I called Sylvania's customer service and they were no help saying the bulbs should only last "maybe 100" hours and under certain circumstances they "may need to be replaced every few months".

Not worth the money at 30+ dollars a set.

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Sylvania 9003xv bulbs

replacement head lamps, the xv's are the middle price bulbs in the 9003 series.
these were buy one get one 1/2 off and are direct fit replacements for the oem
bulbs. xv stands for extra vision. they are not the cool blue/silverstar lights.

according to the sylvania web page these last as long as standard replacement
bulbs and last longer than the silverstar bulbs and are 20% brighter than standard
9003s.

these were easy to install and are very bright. i had them on side by side
in the dark with standard headlights on a newer SUV to compare. street signs
show up quite nicely and on high beam they are excellent. lateral lighting is
quite noticeable as well. they were installed 06 jan 2006. I drive at night
daily to work so they will get lots of use; i will report back when they burn
out.

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Sylvania

[2/4/2005] Reviewed by: Anonymous

Applicable to: '99 + 1.8 liter

Silverstar and Cool blue

Easy installation, just read your miata manual and never touch the bulb. Both
lights look much better than stock. I bought Cool blue first for my miata but
the filment burst just 3 months after I installed them. So then I deciced to
get Silverstar thinking it would be a better quality, since the price was more
expansive. The light was brighter but they only lasted 3 months also. Not worth
the price to last a few months. I am back to stock ugly yellow sylvania lights.

Complained to Sylvania. Got the following Reply: Thank you for your inquiry,
and please accept my apologies for any inconvenience the failure of these SilverStars
may have caused you. Due to the performance of the SilverStar, it does have
the shortest life of any of our product upgrades. The shorter life span is directly
related to the performance nature of the lamps. The blue absorption coating
on the glass contributes to the crisp white light emitted, but also traps heat
inside the capsule, causing the filament to burn out more quickly, thus decreasing
the life. As with most high performance products, there is a trade-off between
the higher performance and the life hours, unfortunately. The SilverStar product
works harder (not burns hotter, however) to give the whiter, brighter light
and this impacts the life hours. The life expectancy of a SilverStar halogen
light source is dependent on the driver's use of the lights, which vary by season,
time of day and number of miles driven. We estimate the SilverStar halogen light!
s to have a life span of up to one year under average driving conditions. The
life of the SilverStar is further decreased if being used in a day-time running
light application. Note: Expect one year of life. Headlight bulbs have become
a consumable like air filters

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Sylvania Silverstar

[10/31/2004] Reviewed by: Earl Murray - emurray@charter.net

Applicable to: '99 + 1.8 liter

Silverstare 9003 replacement headlight bulbs.

Great light output and color. Bought in Dec '03. Both suffered broken filaments
in Oct '04. Same experience with Sylvania Cool Blue bulbs. $20 bulbs should
last longer thab 10 months. I am having bad luck with Sylvania bulbs.

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Sylvania silverstar

[6/28/2004] Reviewed by: Dan Nguyen - daniel_nguyen@comcast.net

Install on these lights were easy, fit were excellent. The salesperson said
that these lights were the next step up from the blue bulb which have been reviewed
here by others. Although I have no comparison to the other, I can say that these
lights are much brighter than the standard yellow beam headlights. A little
pricier than the other sylvania lights : 25/light vs 17.50/light of the blue
light vs. 11/light for standard sealed beam replacement units. Overall I have
to say that they are worth the money, so much that I think I will get a set
of 9004 for my ford truck and suv too. The lights make seeing at night in my
opinion easier than standard yellow lights

Try them, I think they would make a great economical upgrade for lighting without
having to go to hellas or other dual beam conversion and still get that bright
white bulb look

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Sylvania H6024 CB
"Cool Blue"

[9/21/2003] Reviewed by: Craig Lampert

Applicable to: '90 - '97 1.8 liter

Sealed beam headlight that is an upgrade on standard. It is
street legal and emits a cleaner sharper white beam

A total snap to install and took 20mins to install both. The
difference over stock was incredible and at under $20 from PEP boys I am very
happy with my purchase. It is a pleasure to be able to see where I am driving
at night and have not had any oncoming cars flash me.

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Sylvania SilverStar
Headlights

[10/10/2002] Reviewed by: Seth Gunn
- Dmb911porsche@aol.com

Applicable to: '99 + 1.8 liter

This is a H-3 Bulb or a 9003 "reversible".
Headlights are quite easy to replace as opposed to many of my past cars. I chose
these because of effective advertising in the magazines that i subscribe to.

Great bulb, not a whole lot brighter
than stock but a lot whiter. None of that blue crap that people seem to think
looks cool (only if you're ages 16-18). Much better definition of light and
as before much whiter, really can tell a difference when riding next to another
car with "regular" headlights. On a "whiteness scale" i'd
say these are 80% as white as HID's.

Would buy again, but are kinda pricey
for a bulb $50 a pair. Good upgrade though if you plan to keep the car quite
sometime.

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Sylvania H6024 CB "Cool Blue"

This is a sealed beam headlamp that
emits a slightly whiter hue than a standard, sealed beam light. Since this is
not a separate halogen bulb, it does not require the purchase of a $100+ headlamp
system to screw into.

I bought this from AutoZone for about
$30 for the pair. It seemed an economical alternative to buying a Hella headlamp
for three times the price and then who knows how much more for the PIAA bulbs
that screw into them. It was easy to install; it just goes in like any other
sealed-beam headlamp. There was an improvement, but not a drastic one.

This is a good headlight for someone
who wants an inexpensive way to upgrade their headlights and doesn't want lights
that produce that "rice-boy" blue hue. I have removed them from my
own car because I was really looking for something a little more drastic (I
want something around the same color you'd see on a Mercedes).

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Sylvania H6024XV Headlight

Much better lowbeam light pattern with very definite light
bar to the left. Noticeably brighter than std halogen. You can see the improved
quality of the lense compared to std light. Have not been able to test high
beams but I feel sure they will be better.

A real improvement and a good buy at 12.99 each. Not all
stores have the 7 inch lights. Bought mine at PepBoys.

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Sylvania "Cool Blue" H4
Bulbs

What a VALUE! This bulb gives similar performance to the
PIAA Superwhite at less than half the price. When one of my PIAA bulbs burned
out, I replaced it with one of these bulbs. I cannot see any differance from
my remaining PIAA.

If you want to get a Xenon Gas charged bulb with with very
white and very brite lite, than this is the bulb to buy.